All articles by Katrina Krämer – Page 23
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Research
AI-invented syntheses are a hit in their lab debut
First proof that routes devised by an algorithm work in practice could make organic chemistry accessible to non-experts
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News
English health service could recover £500m in drug costs from Pfizer
NHS England may have paid over the odds for pain drug whose patent has now been revoked
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News
Canada to boost science with C$950m supercluster strategy
Five collaborative research hubs are predicted to create more than 50,000 jobs
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Business
Chemist caught stealing and dumping cyanide
Merck & Co senior analytical chemist arrested for stealing and then dumping highly toxic substance down a curbside drain
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Research
Dirty AFM probes mess with microscopy measurements
Proper cleaning of atomic force microscopy cantilever tips called for to rid them of silicone oils
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Machine learning triumphs in tough cross coupling challenge
5000 nanoscale experiments teach algorithm how to predict outcomes of reactions in the presence of inhibitors
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Sniffing out museums' decaying plastic artefacts
Analysing volatile compounds may help museums protect old celluloid film and other polymer heritage items
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Ice cubes melt to make single atom metals
Atomically dispersed metals made by ultra-slow reagent
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Research
Alternative pathway to phosphorus compounds skips white phosphorus
Intermediate opens way to making pesticides and flame retardants with novel silicon–phosphorus anion
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News
German coalition may mean fulfilment of funding promise for science
Another Merkel-led government could boost funding for research and renewable energy
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Research
Flocks of nanorobots could form artificial muscles
Hundreds of biomolecular robots can be programmed to swarm together to create shapes
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Research
Hydrogen bonds keep soda fizzy for longest
Alcohol, sugar and salts disrupt hydrogen network, changing how quickly carbon dioxide escapes from different drinks
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Review
Testosterone rex: unmaking the myths of our gendered minds
Katrina Krämer discovers the flawed science underpinning our attitudes to men and women
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Research
Meteorites' mechanical energy might have created building blocks of life
Did a cosmic impact kick-start amino acid formation?
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1500 reactions per day go with the flow
Automated flow chemistry system puts high-speed spin on drug discovery
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News
Wanted: synthetic chemists (humans need not apply)
Automation could free chemists from tedious lab work – if they’re ready to think differently about research
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Research
Low-pressure ammonia production could cut fertiliser energy cost
Lanthanum–cobalt catalyst that breaks nitrogen triple bond under mild conditions could revolutionise small-scale ammonia synthesis
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News
Textbooks need an update after mole's definition changed
Although little will change in practice, Iupac’s new definition of a mole has gained support from (almost) all sides
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Research
Call for chemists to stop ignoring quantum tunnelling
Deeper insights into reactions and how to build artificial enzymes could await those who come to terms with quantum phenomenon